Our section 8 neighbors are in two small cottages miles from town. The owner retired and moved south and doesn't care what happens on his property.
Our section 8 neighbors are in two small cottages miles from town. The owner retired and moved south and doesn't care what happens on his property.
Our new landlord picked my wife and myself because we were the first prospective tenants to agree to the asking rent in cash, no section 8 negotiation.
In reply to Brian:
If you pay in cash get a receipt.
In reply to spitfirebill:
Well, check actually. But real money, no section 8. He also owns a gun shop as well. More motivation to be good tenants.
White flight in my neighborhood in a fairly big way. The housing crash made homes in my neighborhood affordable to a much lower class. I don't see it ending well.
One new neighbor who made enough money to get out of the ghetto but still acts like he's in, blared Spanish music for much of last summer. He drove out two other neighbors (one of whom moved out in the middle of the night in classic white flight fashion). I'm now texting my city councilwoman anytime I hear his horrible music.
It used to be a dead silent, predominately Italian-American neighborhood, which is why we moved there 13 years ago. I only hope we can get what we paid for our house when it's finally time to move. Values are remaining VERY supressed compared to other areas.
I have nothing to add or say other than congrats. I aspire to be like you one day.
spitfirebill wrote: There are Section 8 rentals dispersed throughout regular areas. It isn't very popular with the non-Section 8 owners in the area. Around here usually a whole apartment complex goes Section 8 and then it just becomes a ghetto.
This is a regular thing here. I know of a person that purchased a new condo for almost $225k right before the financial collapse in 2008. Unbeknownst to him, the unit right next to him was secretly earmarked for subsidized housing. He did not know this until several months after the purchase/closing process.
Marching onward towards old manhood, today I mowed part of a lawn I don't even own. The house across the street had a 6' privacy fence set 4' from the curb. They never mow the part between the fence and the curb, they just wait for the city to do it. I had the lawn tractor out anyway, so I just moved the strip down in three passes, then hopped back over to my yard.
I may make the papers soon:
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